Implementing EPAs in UGME

November 19, 2021

Mike Paget, Manager of Academic Technologies for University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine spoke with Altus Product Manager, Sylvia Mioduszewska about the University of Calgary’s introduction of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) into the UGME curriculum. Together, they explored some of the challenges encountered, key takeaways from their work so far, and lessons learned from PGME competency-based medical education that they are applying to implement EPAs in UGME.

The discussion covers a range of topics:

Topic:	Time:
How the EPA project began at U of C and the impact of COVID-19	1:40
What has changed in 2021’s review process versus 2020?	6:33
University of Calgary’s unique entrustment scale approach	7:32
Lessons learned from University of Calgary’s PGME competency-based medicine move	9:51
Challenges of faculty development for competency-based education	11:53
Complexities of seeking feedback as UGME learners	16:24
Exploring the research potential of the new data	19:13
Looking at EPA data to fill gaps in ensuring preparedness for residency	23:10
Successes of data collection in reduced clinical settings	25:30
EPAs and potential impact on the medical student performance record	28:30
How to get faculty to complete assessments?	30:11
Advice for others embarking on EPAs for UGME	31:54
Takeaways to consider differently for the future	33:42
On mobile assessment of EPAs	39:44
Research on performance feedback discussion	42:00

Applying PGME CBME lessons to implement EPAs in UGME

Here is a quick snippet of the webinar where Mike speaks to how they have been using the data and lessons learned from their post-graduate CBME implementation in their efforts to implement EPAs in UGME.

Our team here at Acuity would like to thank Mike Paget for taking the time to speak with us about their work and the research being done at the University of Calgary on implementing EPAs in UGME.